GEORGE J. BENNETT

George John Bennett (1863-1930) was born in Andover, Hampshire, England, and was a chorister in Winchester Cathedral. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music under Sir George A. Macfarren, winning the Balfe scholarship. He also studied in Germany under Josef Rheinberger. He was organist at Westminster Methodist Chapel; St. John’s Church, Pimlico; and was Organist and Master of Choristers at Lincoln Cathedral for thirty-five years. He was also Professor of harmony at the Royal Academy of Music. As a conductor, he conducted the Lincoln Music Festivals; the orchestra of the London Organ School; Church Orchestral Society; and founded the Lincoln Musical Society, and Lincoln Orchestral Society. His compositions include orchestral music, church music, organ pieces, songs, chamber music, piano pieces, and part-songs.

All are mixed chorus; some contain divisi.

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Blow breezes   William Whiting
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  Evening   Edward Oxenford
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I love my Jean   Robert Burns
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Mary Morison   Robert Burns
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The trysting tree   “Foliorum Silvula”
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